Posted on 04/01/2005 6:23:32 AM PST by LSUfan
Fallujah post-mortem
Some Marine units moved through Fallujah in November with Arabic translators. The infantrymen wanted to be able to eavesdrop on the terrorists' radio net.
A Marine told us that, roughly translated, one terrorist was heard to say: "We are fighting. But the Marines keep coming. We are shooting, but the Marines won't stop."
The Marines, backed by Army tanks, captured Fallujah in 11 days and with it the last large base for Abu Musab Zarqawi.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Get some!
The islamokazis don't call us cowards much these days.
Those dang Marines are soooooo stubborn.
Islamic nuts hate it when the infidels fight back...
He's not the first enemy of America to learn that lesson.
Semper Fi.
YEA!
The guy on the other end of the radio was probably 10 miles outside of Fallujah encouraging the 'insurgents' to push back. "Fight to the last man while we sca-daddle down the road..."
Once they were send in, the Marines swept through that town like a huge juggernaught!
Semper Fi Devil Dogs!
Guess thats why everyone says we're not too bright. We never can quite figure out when we're beaten.
May the US Marine Corps always remain that "stupid".
Other good news ...
Iraq beat
U.S. military commanders have become more upbeat on Iraq for a number of reasons, not least of which is that more Iraqis are beginning to trust the American-trained Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), a military source tells us.
The belief is that al Anbar province, which includes the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, will be the last of four restive provinces to be subdued. But even Sunnis in Ramadi are growing tired of the insurgency and more receptive to joining the new Shi'ite-dominated government, our source says.
Of the ISF, about one-third of 100 combat battalions are now involved in daily operations. But their leadership remains the biggest challenge, as U.S. commanders search for the right Iraqis to spearhead units.
Now that they have lost Fallujah as a large base of operation, the insurgents are on the move, setting up camp where they can, attacking and then moving on.
"The insurgents are still viable," the source said.
Senior commanders, including Army Gen. George Casey, the top man in Iraq, regularly brief Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on what they consider a new tide in Iraq.
Thank God this stuff is in the newspapers! We've got SO MUCH great intelligence it's like an unfair advantage. I'm glad someone is giving up our methods, because I'd hate for the insurgents to fall for this next time. Maybe we should fax them a copy of our Operations Orders, too, just so we don't win so easily?
"Opinion Vs. Knowledge
By Jim Baxter
Sgt USMC- WWII and Korea
There are only two groups of people who know U.S. Marines:
1. U.S. Marines, and
2. The enemy
Everybody else has a second-hand opinion.
Semper Fidelis Always Faithful "
"We are fighting. But the Marines keep coming. We are shooting, but the Marines won't stop."
Oh, that's just the way they are....
Thats what you call a symbiotic relationship. Isn't it nice when you can help someone out like that?
What the hell did they expect...a gay pride parade?!
You can run, but you will only die tired......
Amen. I was in the Chicken Poop Air Force. If I had it to do over, I'd be a Marine.
Today is the 60th anniversary of the Marines' going ashore on Okinawa.
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